QB Guru John Beck: Red Flags about Michigan QB JJ McCarthy are Overblown | The Rich Eisen Show

JJ McCarthy obviously I'm I'm biased when it comes to him and um I I just loved watching him play at Michigan I'm going to miss the heck out of him because just the way that he commanded everything was awesome best one i' when Harbaugh said he's the best quarterback Michigan's had agre you're like I I I don't know how you could say no to that cuz Brady at the time was splitting reps with Drew Henson that had nothing he had nothing to do with that but I mean Jim is including himself in this category here I know I think that's cool too when a guy can say somebody that was great at Michigan that you know fans rever and love him and everything and Jim's like no I think this guy better is better that's pretty awesome of Jim and look it's it's easy to love a lot of stuff about JJ I've been super fortunate like two and a half years ago one of my coaches from the Ravens became the quarterback coach there we got connected I got to start training JJ from the get-go the kid so many things going for him you can just see the Love of the Game the the the the work ethic the talent the drive the he has so many pieces and it was very cool to see it play out on the biggest stage of Michigan to put together a year like that and here's the thing too I sat in the stance for that TCU game I I was there for the playoff game me too he made some great plays and I know there was a couple plays here or there that he's like oh I wish I could get that one back to go through that heartbreak but then to know we have a chance this next year year to do it and they run the table and do it you know that's pressure that's going to feel like what the NFL feels like you know like like there was an expectation that they felt there was as they were going through this thing people are saying could Michigan be the best team and when you're the quarterback of a team like that whether or not how how many times you throw a football in a game you still deal with what it feels like to be the pressure of a potential National Championship team well and again the red flag for him and um as we brought up you know with Jaden Daniels and when we talk penic I'll I'll bring up a red flag FL that's specific to to him as well the red flag for JJ McCarthy is exactly what you alluded to the sense that Michigan's dominant run with him at quarterback over a two-year period with the exception of losing to TCU in that Fiesta Bowl it's I wouldn't say in spite of him it's not that um negative the red flag it's as if it's not because of him and the quarterback that's what you need is to win games what the championship games is we're winning because of you you're putting us on your back and he's never been asked to do that how do you respond to that well I think it's okay for me to share this like I sometimes obviously know things that I don't share um but I I think it's okay to share this like JJ knows that teams ask that teams ask why did they take the ball out of his hand or why did they take the air out of the ball to win football games and his response I thought was great and and I'll you know I feel comfortable sharing that he says look we knew to be a national championship football team there was going to be a game somewhere where we were going to have to win in the fourth quarter throwing the ball in the second half putting together a two-minute Drive winning throwing the football in the Red Zone because that's what teams say you don't see a lot of dropback passing in the Red Zone because they're going to be dominant handing the football off you don't see a lot of fourth quarter third down passing the football because they're usually playing with a lead so how do we evaluate this I love his his response he's like we practiced that always we were always practicing against our really good defense one against ones we practiced two minute uh drives we practiced third down drop back passing we practiced Red Zone passing because somewhere along the way if we wanted to be and Achieve what we were set out to do we were going to have to do it so we practiced it he's like I know my reps that everybody sees on game day it doesn't show all of that but I know all the work that we've put in as a team that I've put in as a player in that aspect of my game in practice against a great defense and they did it against Alabama they had to come back in the fourth quarter throw in the football win a game against Alabama so you know in the game that he needed to do it he did it um but I know that in the evaluation that's the thing that all teams they all ask that they ask that of him they ask that of me they asked that of I'm sure his coaches um but look it's a challenge right and uh the thing I love most about JJ McCarthy he approaches the game of football the way you're supposed to play it I tell teams this I've been on some some rough teams in the NFL and you gather together as players players and you say look to get out of this funk we got to play this game like when we were kids and we just let go of the outcome we let go of these things and we just play the game because we love it I think JJ is the epitome of that and the way that he plays this game is how you're supposed to play the game you're supposed to keep that look you the Brett Favre used to say it all the time like this this is a kids game that we get to pay and we we get paid to King's Ransom like you got to have that inside of you that you're playing the game uh for the right reason and I think he does that always well I'll I'll follow up on that with what I've been saying here multiple times and I'll say it again and I'm going to see him Wednesday I believe he's coming on our show Wednesday in studio in Detroit two things one the throws when he was asked to make him some of the throws got me off the couch because I've never seen a Michigan quarterback thrower like that Windows the types of Windows that he would hit oh my God I mean and and and in the Horseshoe Michigan was struggling in the first quarter he made some big deep throws that flipped the game yeah also this year in a touchdown that was highly disputed by Buckeye fans at the time and still to this day the one to Roman Wilson where Buckeye fans thought it should have been an interception on the goaline because he Defender ripped the ball out of Roman Wilson's hands that throw was courageous it was eye popping it was exactly what you want second you know window type throw like you you want these types of throws from your quarterback at the professional level that's one thing two in this day and age John Beck we're talking about transfer portals we're talking about nil where if you're not getting the spotlight or platform that you think can showcase your game you're out of there if you're not maybe making as much money as you possibly can because you're not getting the platform or the spotlight that you're getting you're going to complain you're going to talk about it knowing this could be his last season at Michigan hands it off 32 straight times against Penn State isn't asked to put it on his arm how many times did he publicly complain about it I'll give you the answer it's Mike sandr's number zero zero that's what you want in a kid at the next level and I have now said my pieace you know what I'm saying and and and I I so I'm I'm clearly pounding the table but I also understand when you see somebody like Drake May who's bigger and two Heisman Trophy winners also in this mix that he's not going to be number one overall I I I understand that you know and I think for his sake I always want to see the quarterbacks go to the best place for them sure you know it's always exciting to go high you know you want to man it sounds cool right go high as you can JJ is going to benefit from more experience in doing those things at the NFL level you know the one thing I always say to guys is look be competitive you have to be I mean quarterback should be the most competitive dude on the field but don't compete on draft day of feeling like you have to go higher than somebody else or your pick needs to prove to you how good you are like uh last year's dang MVP was the last pick of the draft the year previous you know uh like Dak Prescott mid- round pick like he almost won the MVP last year Lamar almost fell out of the first round but look who went and got him yeah like so it's like don't don't worry about that stuff in speaking of JJ I want the team that picks him to be a place that's going to allow him to develop in the right way the right areas we already know the kid checks all the boxes of so many things and like you say we want to be able to give a guy first round money and know that he's still going to be a team player we want to know that that is where he's at he's you know in leadership true leadership as a about what you do for the other people around you it's not just focusing on yourself the me me me I I I I want more money I want this deal I want the focus I want the fame no no true leadership is about what you do for the people around you how you connect to them how you serve them I think that's what also makes JJ so great like he knew Michigan football was Michigan football that's all right I'm the leader of the football team of Michigan football and we're going to win however we have to catch the rich eyes and show every single day on the Roku Channel 12 to 3 Eastern for free

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Published: Mon Apr 22 2024